The economic fallout from Brexit – the UK’s withdrawal from the EU – may have wide-ranging implications for many Sub-Saharan African countries. The main transmission channels through which countries’ growth and development prospects could be affected include trade, investment, remittances, aid and development finance.

Prepared ahead of the Commonwealth African Regional Consultation on Multilateral, Regional and Emerging Trade Issues in Mauritius (held on 25-26 May 2017), these factsheets provide a snapshot of indicators for each region’s macroeconomic, trade and investment exposure to the UK. Southern Africa and East Africa are extremely exposed to Brexit-related shocks, while Central Africa is the least exposed.

Note: Due to the nature of the data work, the configuration of regions does not correspond to RECs. In addition, RECs that overlap were deliberately not chosen.

The Brexit dashboards were prepared in collaboration with International Economics Ltd (find out more on their website) and have been made available to tralac by the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Presentations from the Commonwealth African Regional Trade Consultation are available to download. Visit the Brexit and the Commonwealth webpage to find additional research and reports from the Commonwealth Secretariat on the UK’s decision to exit the European Union.